Mindy rather lucked into the part of Natalie. Charlotte Rae had gone to an all girls school called Westlake in CA (the school Eastland was modeled after. In fact, Eastland was originally called Eastlake.) to try and authenticate scripts for the early episodes of The Facts of Life. After hearing Mindy, Charlotte Rae went up to
… More her and said, "I would love to write a part for you in my new show." The part of Natalie was written especially for Mindy...and the rest is History.Mindy Cohn is very intelligent and graduated from Loyola Marymount in 1995 with a degree in sociology. She can currently be heard as the voice of Velma Dinkley on The New Scooby Doo.
Hairstyles were an integral part of TV show wardrobes long before Rachel's 'do on Friends took the nation's salons by storm. These classic TV clips remind us that even if clothes don't make the man, in the 70s and 80s the hair sometimes made the show.